Skateboarder knocks down couple, seriously injures woman

Jul 04 2012

Victoria police are looking for an out-of-control skateboarder who knocked down a couple, seriously injuring a woman.

About 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, a skateboarder knocked down a man and a woman, both 57, in the crosswalk at View and Douglas, said Const. Mike Russell.

The woman suffered serious facial injuries, while her husband dislocated his shoulder.

The skateboarder fled through Bastion Square.

Police are looking for the man, who is described as white, between 20 and 25, six-feet tall with short dark blond or light brown hair. He was wearing Ray Ban sunglasses and ear-bud headphones and was on a light green or lime green skateboard.